Name: Peach puff pastry tart with almonds
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: plain flour for dusting; 500g block all-butter puff pastry; 6 just-ripe peaches (about 700g/1lb 9oz); 140g butter at room temperature; 100g golden caster sugar plus 1 tsp extra for sprinkling; 140g ground almonds; 1 large egg; finely grated zest 1 lemon; ½ tsp almond extract; 2 tbsp sweet sherry or Disaronno (optional); 25g flaked almonds

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Peach puff pastry tart with almonds

Peach puff pastry tart with almonds

Lizzie Harris

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Serves 8

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 1 hr and 20 mins

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Top puff-pastry with sliced peaches to make this rustic, simple Spanish-style fruit tart - an easy yet attractive dinner party dessert

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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plain flour

for dusting
500g block all-butter puff pastry
6 just-ripe peaches

(about 700g/1lb 9oz)
140g butter

at room temperature
100g golden caster sugar

plus 1 tsp extra for sprinkling
140g ground almonds
1 large egg
finely grated zest 1 lemon
½ tsp almond extract
2 tbsp sweet sherry

or Disaronno (optional)
25g flaked almonds

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal602
fat41g
saturates17g
carbs44g
sugars22g
fibre2g
protein11g
salt0.8g

Method

step 1

Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Line a large baking tray with baking parchment. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the pastry to a 3mm thickness. Cut a circle about 33cm in diameter with a sharp knife, using a plate or anything round as a guide. Using the rolling pin, transfer to the baking tray and score a circle 1cm in from the edge.
step 2

Bake in the oven for 12-15 mins until lightly puffed and golden. Remove from the oven and gently push the centre down with the back of a large spoon so that you have a flat base with a raised border.
step 3

Meanwhile, halve and stone the peaches, then slice thinly. In a bowl, beat together the butter, sugar, ground almonds, egg, lemon zest, almond extract and sherry, if using. Spread the frangipane evenly over the pastry, leaving the border free. Top with the peach slices, neatly overlapping them in circles. Sprinkle over the remaining sugar and the flaked almonds.
step 4

Bake for 30 mins, then turn the oven down to 180C/160C fan/gas 4, cover the tart lightly with foil and cook for a further 30-40 mins. The frangipane should puff up between the peaches and be golden brown and set in the centre. Cool on a wire rack, then slice and serve. Leftovers will keep for 1 day.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2015

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